Oil burner support



, J. J. HURWITZ- OIL BURNER SUPPORT Aug. 3, 1937.

FiledAug 5. 195a Z'Shets-Sheet 1 Lu 3 -H/ \W m MN J. J. Huwwrrz2,088,959

' V OIL BURNER SUPPORT Fil ed Aug. 5, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PatentedAug. 3, 1937 2,088,959

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1.

on. BURNER snrron'r Joseph J. Hurwitz, Brookline, Mass. ApplicationAugust 5, last, serial No. 94,381 2 Claims. (cl. 126-24) My inventionrelates to oil burners and means and to swing laterally with the pivotalmovement for installing the same primarily for domestic of the ringitself. use for heating and cooking. The burner hasthe usual cast ironcircular The chief object of my invention is to probase with concentricflanges a, b, c, it, around vide means for mounting the ordinaryhousehold which the cylinders are disposed and snugly fit, oil burnercommonly installed in a cabinet or providing a space for one wickbetween the on. the grate of a kitchen range so as to insure flanges aand b, and for another wick between 0 safety from fire and to supportthe burner so and d. M is the cup in the base of the burner that itsvertical axis automatically assumes an into which the oil is deliveredand from which it) exactly perpendicular line at all times when in it isdistributed to the Wicks through the chanuse. nels 24, 2 t and 249. I5is the usual recep- It is well known that means have been emtacle forthe oil mounted and spaced apart from ployed to install oil burners sothat the axis will the cabinet 6 The cabinet l6 has the usual maintain afixed perpendicular line consisting of apertures H for the radiation ofthe heat. The

1 adjusting devices for leveling the surface of the oil supply pipe Illterminates in a box H from support or stand on'which the burner rests,and which a flexible tube leads to the burner 6 employing fluid levelson the same for guiding and anotherfiexible tube 2| leads to the burnerthe eye of the operator when installing the burn- I. The coupling of theflexible tube 20, which er. Any inclination of the axis of the burnermay be of any suitable form, is provided with a from a perpendicularline when in use tends cock 22, and the coupling of the flexible tube 2|20 to cause the flame to smoke and to diminish the is provided with acock 23. By means of the 20 amount of heat generated. 5 cocks 22 and 23the flow of oil to either or both In the accompanying drawingsillustrating my burners may be regulated and controlled. invention Ihave shown the same embodied in a An important feature of my inventionresides structure with a pair of burners. It is evident in theemployment of the flexible tubes 20 and that itanay be employed likewisewith a single 2! made of pliable material not readily deterioburner.Fig. 111s a front elevation of the burnrated by the mechanical action ofthe kinds of ers installed in a cabinet with a portion of the oilordinarily used in such burners. Each flexcabinet wall removed; Fig. 2is a plan view of a lble tube 20 and 21 is laid with considerable sodetail of the invention on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; slack so that norestraint will be exerted by the Fig. 3. is a plan view of the burnersand the tube against the tendency of the burner to swing frame forsupporting the same; Fig. 4 is an enon its pivots in either direction.Any well known larged front elevation of the burners and the form ofcoupling may be used for connecting the tubular connections with thesource of oil supply, tubes ill and 2| to the box Land to the burners.

and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of my device. In the above describedstructure the burner 35 Referring to the drawings, 6 and 1 are oilburnis mounted so as freely to swing and automaters of common form eachof which is composed ically adjust its axis to a perpendicular line inof four perforated cylinders a, b, c, d, concenresponse to a change ofposition of its supporttrically arranged and resting upon the base 8. 9ing frame, and is combined with a source of oil is an oblong ring havinga pin l0 secured to supply spaced apart from the burner and coneach endand pivotedin the hole II in the apex nected thereto by pliable meansfor conducting of each of the inverted V shaped legs l2 upon the oil. Itresults in a safe, clean and eflicient which the ring 9 is supported.These pins are installation. offset upwardlyirom the ring as clearlyshown What I claim and desire to secure by Letters in Fig. 3 in orderthat the ring may hang level Patent is: v i

when the burner bases are assembled therein 1. An oil burner supportincluding a pair of after the burners have been removed forcleaninverted V-shaped frames arranged parallel to ing and it is desiredto put the parts back in each other and having aligned bearing openingsplace. The base 8 of each of the burners has in their upper ends, a ringframe between the two upwardly extending arms l3 secured thereto upperends of said pair of frames and having 50 on opposite sides of theburner each having a oppositely disposed aligned upwardly offsetjourpincfl secured to its upper end and extending nals fitting in saidbearing openings, said ring outwardly into a hole in the ring 9. It isapparframe having a pair of bearing openings aligned ent that theburners are free to swing longituwith each other and at right angles tothe axis dinally of the ring and independently thereof, of the firstmentioned bearing openings, a burner 55 base having a pair of oppositelydisposed up standing arms, and journal pins carried by said a'rmsandengaging in the bearing openings of the ring frame.

2. An oil burner support including a pair of inverted V-shaped tramesarranged parallel to each other and having aligned bearing openings intheir. upper ends, a ring frame between the upper ends of said pair offrames and having oppositely disposed aligned upwardly offset journalsfitting in said bearing openings, said ring frame having a pair ofbearing openings aligned with each other, and at right angles to theaxis of the first mentioned bearing openings, a burner base having apair of oppositely disposed upstanding arms, journal pins carried bysaid arms and engaging in the bearing openings of the ring frame, a maincasing having a bottom whereon said pair of frames is mounted, saidcasing also having a side wall, a fuel valve carried by said side wall,a burner supported by said base, and

a flexible connection between said valve and 10 burner. I

JOSEPH J. HURWITZ.

